Yale Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Training Grant for Diabetes Research

摘要 我们建议制定一个跨学科的培训计划，以准备生物工程师 作为糖尿病独立研究者的职业。该计划的长期目标是 促进生物医学工程师在跨学科研究中的职业发展， 糖尿病该计划将建立在耶鲁大学在生物医学培训方面的丰富经验的基础上， 工程师，这将与世界领先的糖尿病研究计划相结合。 本申请要求五名博士后（MD，PhD或MD/PhD）的博士后津贴 研究员每年。这一要求是基于以下几个因素提出的：（1）目前迫切需要 致力于研究糖尿病的生物工程科学家。2)扩大的机会 由我们的跨学科培训教师提供。3)医疗人数的增加 有工程背景的居民4)生物医学工程师的高素质应用于 耶鲁大学博士后项目我们在跨学科培训方面的经验表明， 研究员需要更多年的研究培训，以发展所需的技能， 独立研究。我们相信，一个专门致力于向工程师介绍 糖尿病的前沿、跨学科研究将导致科学家的发展， 准备建立有影响力的糖尿病研究项目。 该计划将有几个关键组成部分：（1）生物工程博士后的招聘 对糖尿病感兴趣的人(2)将研究员与优秀的研究导师配对。（三） 研究员与生物工程和糖尿病方面的共同导师一起参与研究项目 research. (4)参加核心教学研究课程。(5)批判性和严谨性 学者和项目评估。(6)制定职业指导方案。而 参加该计划，博士后研究员将有80%的时间专门用于 研究和支持将持续三年。该计划的重点将是 生物工程培训，已被确定为糖尿病科学家 非常需要。为了实现这些目标，我们将利用几个既定的计划 专门为糖尿病培训而设计的。潜在的导师有良好的NIH支持 以及在糖尿病或生物医学工程方面培训研究员的良好记录。 请参阅所需的T32相关支持表格。表1列出了参与部门; 表2列出了导师和等级;表3列出了导师部门培训计划;表4列出了 表5列出了过去10年的指导学员;表8列出了 在过去的五年里，博士研究生奖学金的申请人。 预计这一计划将导致特殊的生物工程师的培训，谁将 从事跨学科糖尿病研究的有前途的职业。

ABSTRACT We propose the development of an interdisciplinary training program to prepare bioengineers for careers as independent researchers in diabetes. The long-term goal of this program is to foster the career development of biomedical engineers in interdisciplinary research related to diabetes. This program will build on Yale's considerable experience in the training of biomedical engineers, which will be coupled with world-leading programs in diabetes research. This application requests postdoctoral stipends for five postdoctoral (MD, PhD, or MD/PhD) fellows per year. This request is based on several factors: 1) The ongoing critical need for bioengineering scientists dedicated to studying diabetes. 2) The expanded opportunities afforded by our interdisciplinary training faculty. 3) The increase in the number of medical residents with engineering backgrounds. 4) The high quality of biomedical engineers applying to Yale postdoctoral programs. Our experience in interdisciplinary training indicates that three or more years of research training are needed for fellows to develop the skills needed for independent research. We believe a program specifically dedicated to introducing engineers to cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research in diabetes will lead to the development of scientists ready to build impactful research programs in diabetes. This program will have several key components: (1) Recruitment of bioengineering postdoctoral fellows with interests in diabetes. (2) Matching fellows with superb research mentors. (3) Participation of fellows in research projects with co-mentors in bioengineering and diabetes research. (4) Participation in a core didactic research curriculum. (5) Critical and rigorous scholar and program evaluation. (6) Establishment of a career guidance program. While enrolled in the program, postdoctoral fellows will have 80% of their time specifically dedicated to research, and support will be provided for 3 years. The focus of this program will be on bioengineering training, which has been identified as an area where diabetes scientists are greatly needed. To achieve these goals, we will take advantage of several established programs at Yale specifically designed for training in diabetes. Potential mentors have good NIH support and a proven record of training fellows in diabetes or biomedical engineering. Please see the required T32-related supporting tables. Table 1 lists participating departments; Table 2 lists mentors and rank; Table 3 lists mentor department training programs; Table 4 lists mentor grant support; Table 5 lists mentor trainees over the past 10 years; Table 8 lists post- doctoral applicants for fellowships over the past 5 years. It is anticipated that this program will lead to the training of exceptional bioengineers, who will embark on promising careers focusing on interdisciplinary diabetes research.